And so the idea of Intertel, which was first conceived in Television House, London, has made its impact on people in New York and Washington, Ottawa and Quebec, Sydney and Brisbane. This is the power of television.
Now plans are in hand for a second cycle of one-hour documentaries to be produced for transmission in 1963 and 1964 by the International Television Federation, to give Intertel its full name. In addition, four 60-minute ‘special programmes’ in the form of interviews with outstanding leaders in their respective fields will be presented by the members – Associated-Rediffusion, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Education Television Network [sic] and Westinghouse Broadcasting Company of America. These special interviews will begin in July this year.
Further Intertel documentaries will study American aid in action in South Vietnam, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ghana; examine Turkey under its new leaders; report on the changing face of Mexico; and take a close-up look at ‘The Last Paradise’ – Tahiti. They have a high standard to maintain.